leister

noun

Definition of leisternext
as in halbert

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  1. harpoon
  2. trident
  3. pike
  4. spear
  5. halberd
  6. lance
  7. gaff
Noun
  • Companies such as Airbus have worked on nets and harpoons that can wrap around or impale objects in space and bring them back down through the atmosphere.
    Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Wire mesh would then unfold along the harpoon cables, creating a huge parabolic dish.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of harpoon
Noun
  • Mbappe won't be fit enough to feature from the get go, so Ancelotti fields Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo and Endrick up front as an attacking trident.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The trident that is the company’s emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of trident
Noun
  • Still coming down the pike are Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, a follow-up to a Best Picture winner; Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, an adaptation of the first half of the famed musical; and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, a biopic of obscure Nobel laureate Robert Zimmerman.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Sticking her double pike, Tiana burst into nearly immediate tears.
    Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of pike
Noun
  • Clean and dry a large sweet potato, then cut it into 1-inch wide spears.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The tomato base has a special kick and is jam-packed with a bouquet of savory comfort foods on wooden spears.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of spear
Noun
  • The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku.
    Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game.
    WIRED, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
Definition of halberd
Noun
  • Lance Leaf Blanket Flower The three-lobed ray petals of lance leaf blanket flower, Gaillardia aestivalis, give the flowers a unique appearance.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
  • Avenging Cossacks waited to skewer enemy soldiers on their long lances; Russian peasants simply slaughtered them with scythes.
    Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
Definition of lance
Noun
  • Some of the gear commonly used for technical climbing, like gaffs—steel spikes worn on the legs for added grip on the tree trunk when cutting branches—can also cause inadvertent damage to the tallest trees.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Dana Taylor: How can people determine the difference between just a normal gaff and when there's actually something wrong?
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Definition of gaff
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